The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-07

Amasa, RUBBING MS haDd5. line glrls /
will be so happy to see you. Come.
let us go in the house"
He slipped an old, well-worn over
coat over his shoulders without but |
toning it, and they went out into the |
rain. Elisha was very well dressed.
Any one would have taken him for a |
well-to-do Western bank president. |
He looked sleek and wcll-fed. There |
wasn't trace of anxiety about his
face. Otherwise the brothers looked
very much alike.
As they were crossing the threshold
of the house, Amasa whisperedl Just
tell the girls you're millionaire for
joke, you know"
Elisha winked. yes" he said, "for
a jokc-wish was, though," and they
entered the parlor There were the
six girls; six goo,l-looking, hearty,
frank, healthy country girls. They all
rose, and gave vcritable shout of well
come. They usually gave united
shout whenever any thing pleased
them. They fairly screamed when
Elisha opened the door. They flew at
him. They kissed him. They took his
hat for him; they took his overeoat
and umbrella. And hoO they were inn
| pressed when their father said, proud
| ly; And then to think that your uncle
has returned to us a millionaireP'
"A Enthusiastically chorussed
the girls.
Elisha began to feel his old boastful
spirit, for which he had long been not
ed, coming over him again. "Why,"
he said, tout in California we don't
reckon million much money, All
my friends are worth over million.
| My five million dollars don't count
| very much out there"
Elisha says he is going to build
public library building for East Ches-
tervillc," put in Amasa, without
| grimacc.
"A public libraryr' chorused the
girls.
"IIe says he don't mind paying off
the debt on the church either" added
their prcyaricator of father.
How perfectly splcndid!'
| mo one would have thought the
Grand American Sprcad-caglc Mine
would have panned out SO well, >" said
| Amasa.
! BY this time the six girls were dane
| ing around the room in their excite
mcnt. They had never been so excited
since John Mawley, the son Of Mawley
the mill owner at the other end of the
village, had become engaged to Bessie
Snow, their eldest sister-said Mawley
having concluded, on the consent and
advice of his father, to break off said
engagement, after knowledge of Law
yer Shows financial condition came
out and became common gossip.
elisha says the Sunday-school shall
have new organ if it takes his last
cent" said their father, laughing heart
lily. He could not hold himself in.
"Wcll," said Elisha, :" not quite as
bad as that. But they shall have new
melodeon-yes. "
This capped the climax. The Sum
day-school had been holding picnics,
strawbcrry-festivals, ice-cream festi-
walls, lectures, busy-bees, and l don't
know what besidcs-in which the six
girls had taken lively interest-to
raise money enough for an organ; but,
do their best, they could only raise
about fifty dollars. They threw thcm-
selves upon their uncle, and as there
was not quito enough of him to go
around, they threw themselves upon
| Al -, So fnnrbinr
Two of the girls were in tears, and one
of them was heard to say: Our de-
livererr
And there in the midst stood the two
old hypocrites, laughing as heartily as
the rest-only-only in Amasa Shows
ewes there glistened some real tears.
Poor mani how he wished it was all
true! For he loved his girls beyond
every thing on earth, and their happi-
ness and joy unnerved him for his little
scheme. If it should fail, how should
he dare look them in the face again?
Suddenly Bessie looked up. ats
late" she said-''its dreadfully late for
the sewing society,""
When they were alone, Elisha said
you've done it!-you've gone and
done it! In five minutes every word
of what we've said will be all over this
village. Yes, and all over the State Of
, Connecticut. DUN it! l say, Amasa,
t this isn't right!'
t "WhyP Don't you have any fears,
) Suppose they do tell of your millions
, | it will give you credit"
e "Ah, yes, yes! but they will be after
t me for my money" Elisha straight
t ened himself up very stiffly, and but
, toned his coat over his chest very
$ firmly, as if to impress on his brother
the fact that he would not let then
, have cent-not one cent-if they did
| .Well, don say it isn'tso any way,
? whispered Amasa, and led Elisha to hi
room, where that great and goot
l philanthropist and millionaire lay dowl
l upon a sofa and took a comfortable
s nap.
: For week East Chestcrville was il
v a condition of ferment. The resurrec
: ton of Elisha Snow in the form of +;
!. millionaire, after having departed
It twenty years before with reputation
" for unconquerable laziness, and al
n ability only remarkable for imbibin;
!. hard cider, was enough to shake tn
t entire country to its center Then hi
h magnificent bequests-the town librar
a building, the new organ. raising tn
# minister's salary, proposing to estab
$ lish Home for Incurable Idiots-fo
poor Elisha found he could not sto
F. promising when he had once begun
v and his plan to build new gym
f nasium, skating rink, winter bath. al
a combined, for the young people, mad
him at once the idol of the town.
!, Mawley, the mill-owner, met Amas
l. one day in the street "See here, h
said, ave told Slayton to let up o
!, you. You and l were always oil
N friends. Pay up the interest on tbs
X mortgage any time you please. By tn
lie way, I'm tired of Slayton. He
n bounded you, when you were down,
ia darned mean way. I'm sick of Sla.
ut ton. I'll send you round a retainer T.
Id morrow of five hundred dollars in
case I've got against some Prov
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